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South China Morning Post
5 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong district councillor with traffic offence record facing misconduct probe
A Hong Kong district councillor with a record of convictions for traffic offences is being investigated for alleged misconduct by a government-appointed special panel and could be suspended from his duties in the worst-case scenario. Home affairs minister Alice Mak Mei-kuen said on Friday that she had appointed a five-member supervisory committee to investigate the alleged misconduct of Kenneth Yip Kat-kong, an appointed member of the Tuen Mun District Council. In May, the 62-year-old retired businessman was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and had his licence suspended for six months after pleading guilty to dangerous driving in a head-on collision with a taxi in Sheung Shui in August last year. Yip had failed a breathalyser test. During hearings on the case, a court also heard that Yip had previous drink-driving and careless driving convictions from 2017. 'The government places strong emphasis on the conduct and integrity of [district council] members,' Mak said.
South China Morning Post
13-07-2025
- South China Morning Post
When a Hong Kong drug queen fled a police station but could not escape the law
'Police have started an investigation into the dramatic escape yesterday of a 23-year-old Chiu Chow woman from the Sheung Shui Police Station after she was arrested in connection with a $1 million heroin seizure ,' reported the South China Morning Post on July 14, 1974. 'The escape, which took place only one hour after the woman, Yeung Yiu-hung [sic], was taken into police custody, seems to have been well-planned. 'Police have started an investigation into the dramatic escape yesterday of a 23-year-old Chiu Chow woman from the Sheung Shui Police Station,' reported the South China Morning Post on July 14, 1974. Photo: SCMP Archives 'She is believed to have intimate knowledge of the Chiu Chow-dominated drug gang and the leader apparently feared she might inform the police of the gang's activities while under questioning, the source said. Yeung was arrested when officers from the Preventive Service uncovered the large cache of drugs in a third floor residential flat in Jockey Club Road, Sheung Shui, about 5.15pm on Friday. The seizure, consisting of 60 pounds of No 3 heroin and some barbitone, was made after a tip-off was received by the Preventive Service. 'She was placed under guard and was on her way to a cell after having her fingerprints taken when she asked for permission to go to the toilet at 1.45am. Permission was granted and she was escorted by a woman constable to the toilet. Suddenly she dashed through the door of the police station and leapt straight into a red BMW, licence plate BE 4179, which sped off immediately. Manacled to her bodyguard, weeping drug queen Yeung Yin-hing is dragged out of the courtroom at Taipei District Court by policemen after hearing her life sentence. Photo: SCMP Archives 'The getaway car was eventually located eight feet below the road at Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long, at about 3.40am. No one was in it and it seems that the car had been pushed off the road deliberately to delay police detection while the occupants switched to another car.' On August 7, the Post followed up, reporting that 'the young woman who made a dramatic escape from the Sheung Shui Police Station last month was arrested by Taiwan police on Sunday as she and her accomplice arrived in Kaohsiung. 'The woman, Yeung Yin-hing, alias Yang Yin-chin, 26, was arrested by plain clothes detectives as she and her accomplice, Chen Chun-pao, alias Chen Kwan-po, arrived by boat. Following their arrest, the pair were taken to Taipei and detained at the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office. According to sources in Taiwan, Yeung admitted she had been trafficking drugs in Hongkong, but denied she was one of the 'big bosses'. Drug queen Yeung Yin-hing escaped Hong Kong but was eventually brought to justice in Taiwan. Photo: SCMP Archives 'Following her escape, police had set up a special squad to investigate her escape and find out who helped her. Meanwhile, a police spokesman in Hongkong said last night that although they had not been officially informed by their counterparts in Taiwan, they were aware of reports on Yeung's arrest.'
South China Morning Post
20-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Patient arrested for indecently assaulting nurse in Hong Kong hospital ward
A patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female nurse at North District Hospital in Hong Kong. Advertisement The nurse, 23, was suspected to have been indecently assaulted in a medical ward at about 4.10pm on Tuesday, the Hospital Authority said. The 59-year-old male patient was receiving treatment at the Sheung Shui hospital. A report about the incident was made at around 7pm, a police spokesman said Officers conducted an initial investigation, believing the suspect and complainant were not acquainted. The man was detained for investigation. Advertisement The case has been handed over to the Tai Po district investigation team.
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong officials launch probe after worker falls to his death at luxury villa
Hong Kong authorities have ordered the suspension of renovation work at a luxury villa and launched an investigation after a labourer fell to his death from a canopy into a swimming pool. Advertisement Police said on Saturday that the 67-year-old had been working on the canopy in an upmarket residential compound in Sheung Shui the day before. He reportedly tripped and fell three metres (9.8 feet) into the pool. The worker was unconscious when rushed to North District Hospital in Sheung Shui, where he was later certified dead. The Labour Department said it was 'highly concerned' about the case at the St Andrews Place estate. 'We commenced an immediate on-site investigation … and have issued suspension notices to the contractors concerned, suspending the work on the canopy of the detached house concerned,' a department spokesman said. Advertisement 'The contractors cannot resume the work process until the [department] is satisfied that suitable measures to abate the relevant risks have been taken.'
